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October security updates for Microsoft Office

Here’s a list of the October 2006 security updates for Microsoft Office for Windows.

There are five security updates for Microsoft Office this month, all of which are rated ‘Critical’ by Microsoft.


Powerpoint for Windows and Mac

See https://office-watch.com/kb?924163



  • PowerPoint 2000, PowerPoint 2002, PowerPoint 2003,
  • Excel 2004 for Mac, Excel v.X for Mac

Excel for Windows and Mac

See https://office-watch.com/kb?924164



  • Excel 2000, Excel 2002, Excel 2003
  • Excel Viewer 2003
  • Excel 2004 for Mac, Excel v.X for Mac
  • Works Suite 2004, Works Suite 2005, Works Suite 2006

Word for Windows and Mac

See https://office-watch.com/kb?924554



  • Word 2000, Word 2002, Word 2003
  • Word Viewer 2003
  • Word 2004 for Mac, Word v.X for Mac
  • Works Suite 2004, Works Suite 2005, Works Suite 2006

Office for Windows and Mac plus Visio and Project

See https://office-watch.com/kb?922581



  • Office 2000 Service Pack 3, Office XP Service Pack 3, Office 2003 Service Pack 1 or 2.
  • Project 2000, Project 2002
  • Visio 2002
  • Office 2004 for Mac, Office v.X for Mac

Microsoft XML Core Services

See https://office-watch.com/kb?924191

This one is interesting because there’s a long list of Windows versions affected, then tucked in the bottom of the affected software list Microsoft Office in various ways:

According to one message from Microsoft the affected software includes:

“ – Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 1

– Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 2 “

But on the web site the only version list is “Microsoft Office Standard Edition 2003”

Digging a little deeper uncovers https://office-watch.com/kb?924424 which confirms that Office 2003 is affected including the 2003 versions of Visio, Project, Onenote and Publisher.

You can get these updates by following the links above or Microsoft Update.

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